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A. 0. SMITH. DISPLAY STAND FOR NON MAGNETIC WATCHES. No. 378,339.Patented Feb. 21, 18-88.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrrcn.

ALFRED O. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DlSPLAY-STAND FOR NON-MAGNETlC WATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,339, dated February21, 1888.

Application filed December 17, 1887. Serial No. 258,185. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED 0. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands forNon- Magnetic \Vatches; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of theinventiou, suchas will enableothers skilled in the art to whiehit appertains to make and use thesame.

It is a well-known fact that when ordinary watches having magnetic partsare brought within the field of a magnet said parts become magnetized,and the movement of the watch is either stopped, rendered useless, orseriously affected.

Various kinds of alleged non magnetic watches are in the market andoffered for sale to persons who have not sufficient skill or noconvenient means for testing their non-magnetic genuineness.

My invention relates to a novel display-stand for the exhibition ofnon-magnetic watches or watch-movements; and the improvement consists,essentially, in adisplay-stand supporting one or more watches'orwatch-movements and one or more magnets in close proximity to eachother, so as to show to the purchaser or other person inspecting thesame that the movement of the watch will not be arrested by the actionof the magnet or magnets; and it further consists in the constructionand combination of parts hereinafter disclosed in the description,drawings, and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein the same reference-lettersindicate the same or cor responding parts, Figure 1 represents a frontelevation of the preferred form of my display- 40 stand supporting aseries of magnets and a watch-movement with its case or cover. Fig.

- 2 represents an elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical section, of amodified form of said stand for supporting a single watch and magnet,with said watch and magnet detached therefrom.

The board or tray A of the stand in the several figures of the drawingsis of rectangular shape, supported in an upright or slightly-inclinedposition by a prop, B, and preferably made of wood covered with velvetor other suitable material. Arecess, C, in the tray receives the watchor watchmovement and its cover or case D, and one or more raisedsupports, E, adapted to fit the interiors of the horseshoe-magnets F,project above the surface of the tray, so as to hold said magnet ormagnets radially to the watch or movement, with the poles of the magnetsin close proximity thereto.

An ordinary watch or movement having parts of magnetic metal-such asiron or nickelif placed in the recess 0 of the stand and within thefield of the magnets F will become magnetized thereby, and themagnetized parts will tend to fix themselves in the direc- 6 5 tion ofthe magnetic meridian and the correct balance and movement of thesuspended parts will be intercepted, thereby rendering the watchuseless. In fact such watches are utterly ruined when brought near adynamo, a magnet, or an electrical wire. Non magnetic watches will notbe thus influenced, but may be safely placed in the recess 0 of thestand within the field of the magnets, and, being properly wound, willkeep accurate time notwithstanding their close proximity to saidmagnets. A jeweler or watch-manufacturer may thus show his non-magneticwatches to purchasers, who may readily see or test their genu' inecharacter.

The stand shown in Fig.1 has four horseshoe-magnets held upon the raisedsupports E and arranged diagonally upon the board and radially aroundthe watch or movement holding recess, with their poles locatedoppositely to each other, and is also provided with raised tablets uponthe four sides thereof and between the said horseshoe-magnets, thetablets being respectively marked non-magnetic watches, adj usted totemperature, isochronism and position, uninfiuenced by magnetism.

The design or configuration of the stand may be varied to suit the fancyof the dealer, and the raised supports E may be adapted to fit theexterior, instead of the interior, of the horseshoe-magnets; or anynumber of watches and magnets may be employed, and they may be held orsupported in various ways upon the board without departing frommy'invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, 100

its operation, and use or purpose, what I claim as new is- 1. Inadisplay-stand, the combination ofone or more magnets supported uponsaid stand, and a watch or watch-movement also supported upon said standand arranged in proximity to said magnet or magnets for the purpose ofattracting attention to the magnetic character of said watch orwatch-movements, substantially as described.

2. A display-stand for exhibiting the nonmagnetic character of watches,consisting of a tray or board, A, having a central recess, 0, forreceiving awatch or watch-movement, and a series of radial supports, E,for holding horseshoe-magnets, and arranged to encircle said centralrecess, substantially as described.

3. A display-stand for exhibiting the nonmagnetic character of watches,consisting of a tray or board, A, having a central watch-re- 2o cess, O,radial magnet-supports E, surrounding said watch-recess, and a series oftablets ALFRED 0. SMITH.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. TYROLER, W. O. PLATT.

